Orontobates

Orontobates was the Satrap of Caria under the Persian Empire.

Biography
Orontobates married the daughter of the satrap of Caria, Pixodarus, and he succeeded him upon his death. Orontobates and Memnon of Rhodes entrenched themselves in Halicarnassus when Alexander the Great's Macedonian army approached in 334 BC, and Orontobates defended Salmacis, Myndus, Caunus, There, Callipolis, and Triopium against the armies of Ptolemy and Asander as they advanced. At the Battle of Gaugamela, Orotonbates commanded troops drawn from the shores of the Persian Gulf, and he was defeated in battle.